On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 11:59:11AM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote: > On Nov 19, 2004, at 10:25 AM, Karel Kulhavy wrote: > >I recommend it to be thrown out of window and replaced with a mailing > >list. You > >can organize e-mails in mailboxes the same way as bugzilla allows > >organizing > >bugreports. And, unlikely of Bugzilla, I can receive up to 100MB > >attachments on > >my mailbox without problems. > > I nearly spat water all over my monitor when I read this. > > Email is not, I repeat NOT, a file-transfer mechanism. If anyone in
A suitable file transfer mechanism is for example exchanging files via SILC :) file send path nickname file accept nickname Btw, don't you want to start hanging around on SILC? I pronounced SILC the official chatter support medium for Ronja: http://ronja.twibright.com/mlist.php#chat So if you adhere to those instructions and replace "ronja" channel name with say "geda" then you are going to end up there where I suggest. > the world should know that, it's people here. The fact that Microsoft > makes it easy to do, and even *encourages* this protocol abuse, does > not make it right, nor does the fact that many of people do it every > day. > > I realize there are some people here who aren't programmers, and who > may not have been involved in the "nitty gritty" of the Internet and > how it all works, but anyone who does electronic design at any level > likely has a grasp of a few basic concepts...such as "use right tool > for the job". Sending 100MB by emails yields dunno how much - about 150MB? - on the way - and what? I got 1Mbps up to the home and don't mind if RX on my Ronja shines for a while ;-) Cl< > > Sheesh. What a way to start a day. Grrr. > > -Dave > > -- > Dave McGuire "I wonder what 'Error Code 1' means. That's > Cape Coral, FL what it said when it started smoking." > -Jonathan Patschke >
